24/11/2008
RHODE ISLAND OPEN
Engelbrecht Rallies To Rhode Island Title
 Rhode
Island Open
2008
20-23 Nov,
Rhode
Island, USA , $10k |
Round One
20 Nov |
Quarters
21 Nov |
Semis
22 Nov |
Final
23 Nov |
[1] Yasser El Halaby (EGY)
11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (25m)
Joshua Greenfield (NZL) |
Yasser El Halaby (EGY)
8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9 (44m)
Alan Clyne (SCO) |
Yasser El Halaby (EGY)
11-9, 4-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6 (68m)
Liam Kenny (IRL) |
Liam Kenny (IRL)
12-10, 11-7 (46m)
11-9,
Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA) |
Alan Clyne (SCO)
11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 11-1 (54m)
[5] David Phillips (CAN) |
[3] Liam Kenny (IRL)
11-2, 11-4, 11-8 (40m)
Colin Ramasra (TRI) |
Liam
Kenny (IRL)
11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (37m)
Jens Schoor (GER) |
[8] Jens Schoor (GER)
11-7, 11-6, 11-2 (40m)
Andrew McDougall (CAN) |
[6] Regardt Schonborn (RSA)
11-8, 11-5, 11-9 (35m)
Keith Pritchard (CAN) |
Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA)
11-9, 11-4, 11-3(38m)
Regardt Schonborn (RSA) |
Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA)
11-6, 11-6, 4-0 ret.
Shawn Delierre (CAN) |
[4] Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA)
12-10, 10-12, 11-13, 11-8, 11-2 (98m)
Michal Reid (CAN) |
[7]
Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK)
11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (20m)
Lefika Ragontse (BOT) |
Shawn Delierre (CAN)
11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4 (42m)
Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) |
[2] Shawn Delierre (CAN)
11-2, 11-3, 11-6 (25m)
Graham Bassett (USA) |
Engelbrecht Rallies To Rhode Island
Title
South African
Jesse Engelbrecht claimed the inaugural Rhode Island Open title
in the USA after beating Irishman Liam Kenny in straight games in
the final of the $10,000 PSA Tour squash event at St George's
School in Rhode Island.
After surviving a
98-minute first round clash against unseeded Canadian Michal Reid,
fourth seed Engelbrecht went on to get past Shawn Delierre, also
from Canada, when the second seed retired injured midway through the third
game.
Kenny was also a
surprise finalist - the third seed from Dublin fighting back from 2/1 down
to topple top seed Yasser El Halaby, from Egypt, in the other
semi-final.
But Engelbrecht, the
UK-based world No16 from Durban, was too strong for the Irishman, winning
11-9, 12-10, 11-7 in 46 minutes to secure his first Tour title in his
seventh year as a full-time player.
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